Greyhounds Playing
model 1936, cast 1937
Sculptor, American, 1876 - 1973
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 95.25 × 109.22 × 46.99 cm, 171 lb. (37 1/2 × 43 × 18 1/2 in., 77.565 kg)
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Accession
2015.19.3664
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist; gift May 1939 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1937
Possibly Exhibition of Sculpture by Anna Hyatt Huntington, travelling exhibition to approximately 24 venues, 1937-1939, no. 10 (possibly different versions were shown at different venues; NGA version possibly shown at the Toledo Museum of Art; the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven).
1983
Fidos and Heroes in Bronze, Dog Museum of America (now The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog), St. Louis, 11 February - 3 June 1983, unnumbered catalogue, fig. 19.
1987
Women at Work: Sculpture from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1897-1947, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 16 May - 23 August 1987, unnumbered catalogue.
Bibliography
2000
Cash, Sarah, with Terrie Sultan. American Treasures of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. New York, 2000: 199, repro.
Inscriptions
on top of base: Anna Hyatt Huntington 1936; foundry mark: ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N.Y.
Markings
FM: Roman Bronze Works
Wikidata ID
Q63863468